Ecclesiastes 10:12
Parallel Translations


NASB: Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him; (NASB ©1995)
GWT: A wise person's words win favors, but a fool's lips are self-destructive. (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
ASV: The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
BBE: The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.
DBY: The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself.
JPS: The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
WBS: The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
WEB: The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
YLT: Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

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